Clarion 1941-10-17 Vol 21 No 03

THE BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XXI No. 3 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) October 17, 1941
Unprecedented Alumni Influx Jams Bethel Campus
Girl's Initiate Stjernstrom To Fill
New Dining Hall
Music Directorship
Student Talent Invited
Shaking off the dust of idlness
of former years, the College Club
is preparing for an active year in
promoting the social life of the
college students.
The first event sponsored will be
an amateur program scheduled to
be held next Friday night, October
24th.
Featured pratictpants will be mem-bers
of the faculty, but students
are asked to take part as well. It
is hopedthat all the talent available
in the student body will be volun-teered
or scouted out for the pro-gram.
Those who have aspirations
are asked to give their applications
to Irwin Bjelland immediately.
Everyone is a member of the
College Club, and all members are
asked to really show enthusiasm
for the club by coming to the meet-ings
and by cooperating with the
committees.
School spirit is the sum total of
the spirit demonstrated in each in-dividual
class, and club. Are you
loyal?
The U. S. Air Corp is perhaps
the most interesting phase or de-partment
of the whole defense set
up, and yet it can be the most
boring if the individual's outlook
is not sympathetic. Therefore I
am going to include only the amus-ing
happenings of this great or-ganization,
the Air Corp.
"A Day in the Air Corp", could
be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
or any day, as they are all the
same to a soldier except Satur-day
and Sunday. Therefore we
will say it is Monday.
Four A. M. and on come the
lights. They alone are enough to
wake a person out of his sleep,
but there are a few "log-cutters"
still working and it's up to us to
roll them out of their bunks.
In the meantime there has been
a scramble for shoes, as they are
generally piled up near the bed
of the soldier who can snore the
loudest. It seems that even shoes
can't stop him, unless a direct hit
has been scored. Usually the noise
Festivities and excitement ran
high last Monday evening as the
girls dining hall was officially open-ed.
Guests, candles, and bouquets
brought home forcefully the impor-tance
of the occasion.
Guests a tthe first dinner were
President and Mrs. H. C. Wing-blade,
Dean and Mrs. Emery John
son, Mrs. Malmsten, Miss Nelson,
Miss Sabel, and Mrs. Pearson.
The host and hostess system will
be used; different girls being ap-pointed
to these positions each
week.
Every Thursday evening is guest
evening although girls are permit-ted
to have gueSts any evening ex-cept
Sunday.
It is interesting to note that the
cost of maintaining the Seminary
Boarding Club has not gone down
with the exit of feminine diners!
that follows is more disturbing
than the snoring itself.
It takes approximately five
minutes for everyone to come to his
sences at four in the morning and
then there is a grand rush for the
wash basins. Does the water fly
in every direction! The ceiling
gets a daily bath, so it saves the
barracks guard the job of sweeping
the ceiling of its cob-webs. The
spiders don't even dare to come
around!
The most welcome time of the
day comes next and that is chow
time. There is always a long line
at the door waiting to be fed. The
chow hounds are always in front.
Those are the fellows who get up
at 3:30 A. M. so they can be first
in the food line. Oh, well, there
is enough for all, and who cares if
we get to school on time anyway?
After we have arrived at school
the lectures begin and sleep is
resumed after being so rudely in-terrupted
earlier in the morning.
The instructor is kept constantly
on his toes as he tries to keep his
Mr. Nels Stjernstrom has been
permanently appointed to fill the
vacancy left by Prof. George Hult-gren
in Bethel's music department
this year.
Mr. Stjernstrom attended Bethel
Academy and College and also the
McPhail School of Music. He has
been choir director at the Beth -.
any Covenant Church in Minneapo-lis
and the First Swedish Baptist
Church of Minneapolis for some
time.
Already, students who have had
the privilege of setting under his
instruction, feel a deep admination
for him and look forward to work-ing
under his leadership this year.
Scribe Sees Sem
Seniors As Sailors
Rough Weather Forecasted
After an interview with the sen-ior
Seminary class officials it was
learned that the class is now pilot-ed
by Skipper Abrahamson and
is co-polited by Warren Johnson.
Truman Halverson will keep the
log book, take notes, radiograms,
and S.O.S. calls, and dates, while
Henrietta DeCamp is the purser.
Skipper Abrahamson says that
his ship will no doubt sail out on
unknown seas and although the sea
becomes rough, his well-talented
crew will be able to sail through any
storm. He has already given
weather forecasts of June squalls.
He has advised his men to start
writing their theses now so they
will still be on the old ship fighting
when the battle for existance
comes at the end of the year.
At this time the men are always
rewarded for their bravery and
given their ship's insignia. He
feels that his seamen are well
seasoned and will put forth a real
effort to hold up the Senior Class
flag.
Our hats are off to you, Seniors!
ELBERT WALKER
pupils awake. Usually his daily
tests seem to arrest the attention
of the class.
There is also the actual work
on the planes, which serves to
make a more interesting course.
There is always some repair work
to be done, such as checking the
hydraulic system of the B 18-A
(Bomber) or the repair of some
member on the empenage of the
P36 (persuit).
(Continued on page 4)
Dahlquist To Speak
At Reunion Banquet
Welcome home, grads!
Today marks a great milestone
in Bethel Homecoming history.
Due either to the advance publicity
work done by Riving Anderson or
your own reawakened loyalty to
the school home of your college
days, you have returned to Bethel in
greater numbers than ever before.
We, as students have planned a
day we hope you will enjoy.
HOMECOMING SCHEDULE
Time Event
2:00 Softball game
3:00-4:30 Class Reunions
3:30-5:00... Open House—Dorm.
6:30 Banquet
8:45-9:15... Open House—Dorm.
9:15 Basketball game
The banquet tickets are sixty-five
ceints. The program to be
presented at the banquet hour is
primarily a musical one.
Rev. J. G. Johnson, of Elim,
Minneapolis, is master of ceremon-ies,
Roger Youngquist 'will lead the
singing of choruses and LaVerne
Johnson will play a cornet solo.
Two numbers will be rendered by
the Bethel Male Quartette, Lau-rence
Nydegger, 'Francis McOlash,
Truman Halverson, and Harry Ab-rahamson.
Both the boys and girls from the
dormitories will offer skits. Elec-tion
for the Alumni Association will
be held.
The speaker this evening will be
Rev. Lloyd Dahlquist whose theme
will be taken from Ephesians 4:13.
Cheer on your Alumni squad at
nine-fifteen this evening . . . and
above all, enjoy yourself.
Meet For Frolic
At seven-thirty, Tuesday even-ing,
October 21, sophomores will
leave the Seminary building for the
Minnehaha Log Cabin where they
will have a weiner roast, "Shine"
Swanson, chairman of the transpor-tation
committee, announced this
week. Betty White is chairman of
the eats committee, and Bob Dis-chinger
heads the program com-mittee.
Only members of the soph-omore
class may attend.
It has been intimated that the
"grub" is of great protions and
variety and Bob promises an inter-esting
program will be in the offer-ing
after several fun-making
games have been played.
C. C. To Hold
Amateur Hour
Special Correspondent
A Day In the Air Corp
Reviews Day of Service
by Pvt. Victor Osterman
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
As the clouds were closing in on
him, Jack looked down the steep
delivity bf the beanstalk for one
last look at his mother. Yes,
there she was, close to the foot of
the tremendous ladder, waving her
handkerchief and smiling bravely.
He choked down a sigh of intense
satisfaction.
My mother is the best rooting
section in the world, Jack tho't to
himself...I . just .can't .disappoint
her!
Sudden moisture On his brow
caused him to start, and raising
his eyes he realized he was buck-ing
heavy cloud formations. Un-expected
air pockets made his
ascension doubly hard, and he
found that breathing became more
and more difficult.
The loneliness of the sky almost
broke his morale, but as he Was
about ready to give up and feel the
treacherous way down, he heard
in his soul a snatch of song his
mother often hummed...Jack puck-ered
his lips and whistled the
whole tune. Good old mother! . .
She was counting on him! She
was pulling for him. Mustn't let
her down.
His lops grew firm with resolve,
and his courage became much
strengthened by the knowledge the
song brought him, and once again
he fought on.
Soon he realized he had reached
the top of his climb. The clouds
had flattened out and he stepped
cautiously upon them. They were
solid and firm and with an ex-hausted
sigh Jack slumped to a
heap on the heaven's floor. He
wanted never to get up, his lungs
hurt so, and the inertia of over
strain bade him give up. He al-most
gave in but suddenly he
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You Wouldn't Believe It:
That the library was meant to
study in . .
That Miss Larson ever grows a
day older .. .
That a new time-clock was pre-sented
by last year's graduating
class for the gym . . .
That the parasitical nature of a
Bethel students would show up at
examination time . . .
That Stamford Widen ever pays
any attention to the Burma Shave
ads and such stuff .. .
That Christmas is only 79 days
away . . .
That Glenn Anderson goes to
Hell (Negani) every Sunday to
preach . . .
But it's a fact!
heard a shouting which roused
him.
He straightened up, startled, and
then grinned sheepishly... No one
was around... The shouting had
been the inner voice of memory,
of mother cheering him on last
summer when he had raced Martin
Appleseed... He had won that race
. couldn't he win out over this
situation? With sudden return of
strength he chuckled, leapt to his
feet and bounded forward.
The castle was easily accessible,
and Jack carefully stepped in.
The giant's wife was a neat, com-fortable
woman, but the necessity
of hiding, and the giant's husky
roar of "blood" curdled the whey
in Jack's bones and only the moth-er's
song from within gave him
courage to finally win through.
When he safely eluded the giant,
Jack, with the Golden Goose tucked
under his arm, breathlessly des-cended
the beanstalk, and des..
troyed the ladder. Never could
he climb this stalk again! But
what matter—he had won because
of a song, a shout of encourage-ment.
This game was over, but
the victory had been won... Be-cause
he had been willing to act,
and because mother had backed
him steadfastly and true... His
faith in her loyalty and her trust
in his capability had been the equa-tion
for success.
* * * *
Jack might be any school and
his mother any loyal student body,
but if Jack were Bethel, would his
victories be because of any en-couragement
on the part of his
mother? You and you and you,
each and all of us behind Bethel
would enable our teams to conquer,
to overcome, and bring the "gol-den
goose" home.
THE EDITOR
Male Chorus Initiates
New members were officially
welcomed into the Male Chorus on
Monday, October 13 at an initiation
party arranged by the old members
of the group.
A trip was made, by car to
Golden Lake, the site chosen for
the occasion. It proved to be the
Seminary gymnasium, appropriate-ly
arranged for the affair with'corn
stalks and with an artificial fire
and moon.
With the cooperation of the en-tire
assemblage, the new fellows
were "put through their paces".
Entertained in this manner were
Elwood Anderson, Arden Finke,
Bernard Hammerbeck, Eugene
Johnson, Walter Julien, Ingmar
Larson, Lloyd Mattson, John Peter-son,
Gordon Thompson, Ted Van
der Veer, Paul Larson, and Haddon
Anderson.
A highlight of the evening was
the singing of "Sjung om Studen-tens"
by the Male Chorus, followed
by the singing of choruses and
serving of refreshments.
91 9#t the Book
Only one life
Twill soon be past,
Only what's done for Christ
Will last.
If fame and popularity had satis-fied,
in a few years the world
would have forgotten the laurels
won by Britain's great cricket
player C. T. Studd. But God calls
his henchmen from all activities
and walks of life and this young
athlete left his field of acclaim and
praise to become a pioneer and
missionary of the gospel. Thou-sands
are praising God today be-cause
of this missionary's unceas-ing
efforts in bringing the gospel to
those ignorant of the way of life.
During his life time he faithfully
and whole-heartedly labored on
three continents. First in China
and then in India and finally the
Holy Spirit led him to Africa.
He is portrayed as a man of real
faith in God. His every action im-pelled
by it. Often he was urged
not to go to some field by his
friends, but, because he believed
that God had called him, he went
in faith. There were times when
he or his wife had become sick,
and it seemed that the possibilities
of going on in their missionary
work had faded into the dim past.
But this merely called forth an
exercise of their faith in God, who
healed them and gave them
strength to continue.
The author Norman P. Grubb
has written the life story of C. T.
Stubb as a challenge to young peo-ple.
Copies of this biography,
C. T. Stubb, Criketer and Pioneer,
will be mailed upon request of
"Who's that?", is an expression
that was heard often during the
first few weeks of school, especialy
concerning one tall, good-looking
young man. Hails from Meridan,
Conn., has blond hair which re-minds
you of wheat blowing in the
wind, eyes reminiscent of the blue
above, the sensitive features of a
poet, and the gait of a typical col-lege
boy. He's a real Swede, too,
Illuminating the Alumni
Today is the climax of a long
week of reviving old friendships,
recalling former associations, and
reviewing experiences of by-gone
days. Many have been the old
grads and class-mates who have
once again frequented favorite
haunts and conversed with beloved
professors.
"Swede" Swenson came up from
Chicago to spend the week-end
here. LaVerne Berglund left the
Student Union at the University
for a day to revisit classrooms,
halls. and friends. Al and Har-riette
Blomquist, the most newly-wed
couple of the '41 Dem. class
crossed the campus on their way
to Campbell, Minn., where Al has
his pastorate.
Olga , Shenning, the first student
to be graduated receiving the Asso-ciate
of Religious Arts degree, now
employed in the office of the Rem-ington
Arms Co. in Meriden, Conn.,
has spent the past week in Saint
Paul visiting with her many friends.
Others that have brightened our
lives for just a few minutes or
hours, the case may be, have been
Winston Sherwick, Pearl Peterson,
and Ruth Elaine Lundquist, and
the effervescent John Valine. It's
good to see former Bethel students
return looking prosperous and
happy. We welcome you all to re-turn
and renew the memories that
you have of your school days.
college students. The address is
World Wide Reveval Prayer Meet-ing,
5 South Oxford Avenue, Atlan-tic
City, New Jersey.
having come to this country when
he was two years old. For the
past few years he has been a pri-vate
chauffeur and has an enviable
reputation for driving big cars. His
aim is just "further education",
and we think he's an all-round
grand fellow. His testimony rings
out true and clear for his Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ. The name?
Rune Mentzer.
Editorial Comment
Who's Who!
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Meditation
By Gordon Larson
"They that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength, they
shall mount up with wings as
eagles." Isaiah 40:31.
An incident is told of an eagle
who being raised in captivity
thought it could fly when being
loosed from a cage in a journey
home from Iceland. It jumped from
the gunwhale, thinking it could
soar into the air. Instead it fell
into the ocean.
God has given to us wings of
prayer and faith. How oft we
think we can fly when we do not
use them. A christian environment,
good and healthful as it may be,
will not add strength necessarily
and cause us to soar to high spirit-ual
realms. It is only as we first
dwell in the secret place of the
Most High will such heights be
reached.
Swinburne laments over the
fact that the spirit of Jesus came
like a blight over the joyous mind
of Greece and chased laughter and
music out of the world when he
writes:
"Thou hast conquered, 0 Pale
Galileen,
The world has grown grey with
Thy breath;
We have drunk of the things
Lethean
And fed on the fulness of death".
Thank God, to one who has
really come to know the Galileen,
this is not true. All the joys of
eternal bliss that Heaven can be-stow
here on earth are his when
he earnestly waits on the Lord for
a blessing.
Without a Song
The day would never be as bright,
Our heavy burdens never light,
And life would be a useless fight
Without a song.
The daily round of tasks to do,
The daily trails to go through,
Would be too much for me and you
Without a song.
Oh, life would not appeal to me,
And God would seem less real
to me;
He did not mean that we should be
Without a song.
He gave His own beloved Son,
The perfect, pure, and sinless One,
And in the heart of everyone
He put a song.
A song that conquered dark defeat,
A song our lips with joy repeat
No life would ever be complete
Without that song.
Mary Elizabeth Hamlin
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Time: 7:15 on a balmy, Monday
evening in October.
PLACE: The "loafing lobby" in
the girl's dorm.
Action: Some fifteen bashful (?)
boys made an important social call
at our fair domicile. For some,
this was the first such event in
their experience since coming to
Bethel . . . . so, as "the girls they
left behind them" all but fell over
the banister in a frantic attempt
to see who went with whom, they
scibbled their names in the famed
guest book. Not the least among
these proud personages was a cer-tain
carrot-topped lad whose last
name rhymes with "sink".
Verstehen Sie?
General Regulation No. 11: "Stu-dents
are requested not to borrow
articles from one another without
the permission of the owner", of
course, the girls never disobey the
rules, but, just as talk gets around
so clothes seem to here at dorm.
Requests have been submitted by
a number of long-suffering "room-mutts"
that the borrowers at least
acknowledge in some, small way
the rightful ownership of the artic-les,
especially upon the receipt of
such flattering compliments as the
opposite sex is occasionally capable
of bestowing.
Was it just our imagination, or
did the boys display sad, regretful
countenances on the morning after
their first "womanless" meal? At
any rate, they will no doubt miss
us terribly! We wonder if Dana
has "let loose a little bit" yet,
now that girls are gone.
M. E. H.
Hallowe'en Fun On
Way For Children
Plans are well under way for
the Freshman Halloween party to
be held in the college chapel on
'Friday, October 31, at eight o'clock.
Committees have been appointed
by the cabinet, and have met to dis-cuss
plans for the forthcoming
event. The entertainment com-mittee,
Ingmar Larson, Ruth Nel-son,
Charlotte Sandin, Bernard
Travaille, and Ted Van der Veer, is
planning a program of fun, frolic,
and fellowship.
Decorations are being arranged
by a committee of three, Robert
nergerud, June Hedman, and En-gene
Johnson. Phyllis Kjarsgaard,
Jacquelyn Malmsten, and Bud
Peterson are making arrangements
for refreshments.
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"Who shall I take?" "No, she is
taken." "How about the blond?"
"No, brunettes are better" "And
anyway she goes steady" "Well,
who shall I take then?" "I've got
to take someone - that's the rule."
This was a keynote interview in
one of the bull sessions, consisting
of the members of the male chorus
just before the initation party.
We understand that Bernie Ham-merbeck
hates to be forced into
courtship. He stated at the male
chorus party, that he dated because
it was a requisite." Bernie has an
iron constitution but, it seems to
be rust-ich on him.
Ted Van der Veer was either
polishing the apple or trying the
theory that women like last minute
dates, but we are sorry Ted, that
Miss Johnson was engaged with
more important things. Try again
sometime.
Truman Halvarsen has a new
technique. He believes that it is
easier to soak up knowledge if you
study in the bathtub. He demon-strated
this theory before twelve
or fifteen fellows the other night.
Arian Chorus
At the meeting held October 9,
during the morning session prac-tice,
offecers were chosen by the
Arian Chorus for the year. Nancy
Zimmerman is president; Elaine
Anderstrom, vice-president; Lillian
Carlson, secretary; Marie Forsline,
treasurer; and Joyce Johnson,
director.
A social committee was chosen
to plan for parties. Janet Lyth,
Lola Grace Anderson, and Verna
Jorgenson were chosen to serve on
this committee.
Alice Wingblade, Alice Schouwei-ler,
and Lorraine Bersell comprise
a new addition to the cabinet, the
contact committee, whose duty it is
to make arrangements for concerts
and recitals.
Field Secretary
Mr. Malmsten, field representa-tive
for Bethel, is now on one of
his representative tours. He has
spent the last couple of weeks in
northern Minnesota and in some of
the western states including Colo-rado,
Wyoming, and Nebraska.
Last Sunday, October 19, he held
services at Forest City, Iowa. Be-ginning
this week he will be going
east through Michigan, Ohio, Penn-sylvania,
and New York. On these
representation tours, services are
held and offerings are taken for
the support of the school.
Try it sometime and see if it
works.
Roger Rendahl has a new way
of eyeing the freshman girls and
getting acquainted with them. He
suggests you carry a camera with
you. You can sneak up on them
and get a good look thru the finder.
Then to work up a conversation,
you tell them what a fine picture
you have taken. For a future date
he says he waits until things de-velop
and then showe them the
picture. Roger says it really
works; he tried it out at the first
meal served in the girl's dormi-tory
when he was the only fellow
present.
Many of the fellows at the
Boarding Club feel that they must
be in heaven. One said that he
had been reading Rev. 8:1 and that
there wasn't to be any wonan in
heaven. "For there was silence in
heaven for the space of one hour."
The Boarding Club has been so
extremely quiet since the girls left
that one sometimes wonders if
the fellows are sick, lonesome, or
just don't know what to say.
Personals
Will the person who borrowed
a white silk shirt (girl's Dorm)
please return it?
* * * *
In appreciation to Mr. Robert
Norstrom for the floral remem-brance.
—Girls at the Dorm.
* * *
Will you dorm girls please give
your cooperation and news to M.
E. H. for use in the Girls Dorm
column?
▪ * * *
Mae Mulbert would like her can
opener back. Thank you!
Band Elects Officers
The officers of the Mission Band
are Harry Abrahamson, president;
Willard Anderson, vice president;
Bernioe Peterson, secretary; and
treasurer, Warner Lundberg.
The first meeting was held on
Wednesday, October 15. Mr. Tan-yas
told of Baptist missionary
work in his homeland, Roumania.
There is a tremendous challenge
to all Christian workers to go work
there.
The four "Gospel Lights" com-pleted
the program with a cross
section of their trip made this last
summer. Besides a devotional
period, pictures were shown of
their work in Bible Schools and
churches in Canada.
Refreshments were served in the
Seminary dining room following
the meeting.
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On the 50 Yard Line
After two weeks of competition,
the intra-mural touch football
teams are still battling. In the
past two weeks there have been
a great many thrilling games, and
each team is fighting vigor-ously
to gain the top position.
At the present time, there are six
different teams battling against
each other with a total of fifty-four
players participating. In the Mon-day
and Wednesday gym, during
the fourth period, things still seem
to be a little lop-sided. At this
time Al Walker's team, the Tro-jans,
have a lead of six games to
nothing. Melvin Wyma, captain of
the Wolverine team ,is still hoping
and cheering his team on.
During the sixth period, also on
Monday and Wednesday, there is
another pair of freshman teams,
which are fighting back and
forth difiantly. There is no one-sideness
between these two teams,
because at the present time the
Gophers are trailing the Huskies
by a score of three games to four.
Bob Bergerud, captain of the Go-phers,
and Bernie Hammerbeck,
captain of the Huskies, are both
doing fine work as captains. They
both have really been putting spirit
and action into their team-mates
and the games have been very
exciting.
On Tuesday and Thursday during
the sixth hour, the sophomores are
still battling it out. The score
between the two teams is three to
two in favor of the Jackrabbits.
On September 30, these two held a
twelve to twelve deadlock, so on
October 2, they played, with two
games at stake. With a few se-conds
to go, Bob Norstrom caught
a sizzling pass on the twenty yard
line and ran for a touchdown that
gave the Badgers a eighteen to
twelve victory.
It has not yet been decided when
the touch football schedule will be
completed but it should be within
a few weeks. The champion team
of each division will then compete
to decide the all-school champions.
The result of the games so far and
the standings
teams are:
of the competing
Team . Won.. Lost %
Trojans 6 0 1.000
Jackrabbits 3 0 .600
Huskies 4 3 .572
Gophers 3 4 .529
Badgers 2 3 .400
Wolverines 0 6 .000
Coeds Holding Title
Ping-Pong Tournament
The girls who live on the campus
have drawn up a bracket for a ping-pong
tournament which started
yesterday.
Already there has been lots of
enthusiasm shown by both parti-cipants
and spectators. Room-mates
cheer each other on and
then conquer one another. There
is no way of anticipating the out
come at this early date, but it
looks as if there will be several
exciting contests before the finals
are reached.
It is hoped that later on a
doubles tournament can be organ-ized
pairing room-mates versus
room-mates.
Air Corp
(Continued from page 1)
There is a general scramble for
the job of being hanger pilot (one
who monkeys around with the con-trols
when the plane is grounded)
but the job doesn't last very long,
because the buzzer buzzes and
every one has to go back to the
class room.
At two P. M. school is over and
so back to the barracks. During
the day the Flight Sergeant has
thought of something for us to do,
anything from setting-up exercises
to executing drill maneuvers. We
then have a few hours in which to
do our homework, but - - - - - "Oh,
I'm too tired". And so to bed
again. There is quite a bit of
commotion until lights flash out at
nine P. M.
All the practical jokes are played
at that time,such as loosening bed
springs in the top bunk of the
double-deckers, to watch the fellow
fall thru to the bed below. Then,
too, there is the job of short sheet-ing
your bunkmate. When a sol-dier
gets into bed he really gets
in and at the speed he
moves his feet usually go all the
way thru the sheet. He then bails
out of his bunk to discover the
trouble and behold! There is
nothing to do but sign a statement
of charges and pay for the G. I.
(government issue) sheet next
payday.
By 9:30 silences reigns but 4:00
A. M. soon comes again with re-marks
such as "Why didn't I get to
bed earlier?"
Women's Practice
Called Thursday
The girl's gym classes are hav-ing
a volley ball tournament. There
are .eight different teams of girls
and because all of them seem to
be matched so equally many close
and exciting games have been
played.
In the Thursday morning class,
Lily Olson's Wildcats lead Betty
White's Tigers by eleven to ten
games apiece. Many such close
contests are being waged in the
other classes too, by all reports.
The winning team in each sec-tion
will be allowed to partictpate
in the tournament to decide the all-school
girls' volley ball champions.
Ribbons are given to each mem-ber
of the championship team at
the close of the year.
Don't forget that basketball prac-tice
is to be held on Thursday,
October 23. We want to encourage
all girls who are interested to come
to this initial meeting. We an-ticipate
a heavy schedule this sea-son
and we want to organize our
teams as soon as possible.
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The "B" Club at its first meeting
a few weeks ago decided to have a
few parties during the year.
The initial event on their calen-dar
will take place November 1. It
sponsored a few highly enjoyable
affairs but last year none took
place.
Committees have been formed to
take charge of arrangements and
a good time should be had by all.
"So let's get out and have a little
fun swimming. It you don't swim,
play around in the water," is
the advice offered by the "B"
cabinet.
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THE BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XXI No. 3 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) October 17, 1941
Unprecedented Alumni Influx Jams Bethel Campus
Girl's Initiate Stjernstrom To Fill
New Dining Hall
Music Directorship
Student Talent Invited
Shaking off the dust of idlness
of former years, the College Club
is preparing for an active year in
promoting the social life of the
college students.
The first event sponsored will be
an amateur program scheduled to
be held next Friday night, October
24th.
Featured pratictpants will be mem-bers
of the faculty, but students
are asked to take part as well. It
is hopedthat all the talent available
in the student body will be volun-teered
or scouted out for the pro-gram.
Those who have aspirations
are asked to give their applications
to Irwin Bjelland immediately.
Everyone is a member of the
College Club, and all members are
asked to really show enthusiasm
for the club by coming to the meet-ings
and by cooperating with the
committees.
School spirit is the sum total of
the spirit demonstrated in each in-dividual
class, and club. Are you
loyal?
The U. S. Air Corp is perhaps
the most interesting phase or de-partment
of the whole defense set
up, and yet it can be the most
boring if the individual's outlook
is not sympathetic. Therefore I
am going to include only the amus-ing
happenings of this great or-ganization,
the Air Corp.
"A Day in the Air Corp", could
be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
or any day, as they are all the
same to a soldier except Satur-day
and Sunday. Therefore we
will say it is Monday.
Four A. M. and on come the
lights. They alone are enough to
wake a person out of his sleep,
but there are a few "log-cutters"
still working and it's up to us to
roll them out of their bunks.
In the meantime there has been
a scramble for shoes, as they are
generally piled up near the bed
of the soldier who can snore the
loudest. It seems that even shoes
can't stop him, unless a direct hit
has been scored. Usually the noise
Festivities and excitement ran
high last Monday evening as the
girls dining hall was officially open-ed.
Guests, candles, and bouquets
brought home forcefully the impor-tance
of the occasion.
Guests a tthe first dinner were
President and Mrs. H. C. Wing-blade,
Dean and Mrs. Emery John
son, Mrs. Malmsten, Miss Nelson,
Miss Sabel, and Mrs. Pearson.
The host and hostess system will
be used; different girls being ap-pointed
to these positions each
week.
Every Thursday evening is guest
evening although girls are permit-ted
to have gueSts any evening ex-cept
Sunday.
It is interesting to note that the
cost of maintaining the Seminary
Boarding Club has not gone down
with the exit of feminine diners!
that follows is more disturbing
than the snoring itself.
It takes approximately five
minutes for everyone to come to his
sences at four in the morning and
then there is a grand rush for the
wash basins. Does the water fly
in every direction! The ceiling
gets a daily bath, so it saves the
barracks guard the job of sweeping
the ceiling of its cob-webs. The
spiders don't even dare to come
around!
The most welcome time of the
day comes next and that is chow
time. There is always a long line
at the door waiting to be fed. The
chow hounds are always in front.
Those are the fellows who get up
at 3:30 A. M. so they can be first
in the food line. Oh, well, there
is enough for all, and who cares if
we get to school on time anyway?
After we have arrived at school
the lectures begin and sleep is
resumed after being so rudely in-terrupted
earlier in the morning.
The instructor is kept constantly
on his toes as he tries to keep his
Mr. Nels Stjernstrom has been
permanently appointed to fill the
vacancy left by Prof. George Hult-gren
in Bethel's music department
this year.
Mr. Stjernstrom attended Bethel
Academy and College and also the
McPhail School of Music. He has
been choir director at the Beth -.
any Covenant Church in Minneapo-lis
and the First Swedish Baptist
Church of Minneapolis for some
time.
Already, students who have had
the privilege of setting under his
instruction, feel a deep admination
for him and look forward to work-ing
under his leadership this year.
Scribe Sees Sem
Seniors As Sailors
Rough Weather Forecasted
After an interview with the sen-ior
Seminary class officials it was
learned that the class is now pilot-ed
by Skipper Abrahamson and
is co-polited by Warren Johnson.
Truman Halverson will keep the
log book, take notes, radiograms,
and S.O.S. calls, and dates, while
Henrietta DeCamp is the purser.
Skipper Abrahamson says that
his ship will no doubt sail out on
unknown seas and although the sea
becomes rough, his well-talented
crew will be able to sail through any
storm. He has already given
weather forecasts of June squalls.
He has advised his men to start
writing their theses now so they
will still be on the old ship fighting
when the battle for existance
comes at the end of the year.
At this time the men are always
rewarded for their bravery and
given their ship's insignia. He
feels that his seamen are well
seasoned and will put forth a real
effort to hold up the Senior Class
flag.
Our hats are off to you, Seniors!
ELBERT WALKER
pupils awake. Usually his daily
tests seem to arrest the attention
of the class.
There is also the actual work
on the planes, which serves to
make a more interesting course.
There is always some repair work
to be done, such as checking the
hydraulic system of the B 18-A
(Bomber) or the repair of some
member on the empenage of the
P36 (persuit).
(Continued on page 4)
Dahlquist To Speak
At Reunion Banquet
Welcome home, grads!
Today marks a great milestone
in Bethel Homecoming history.
Due either to the advance publicity
work done by Riving Anderson or
your own reawakened loyalty to
the school home of your college
days, you have returned to Bethel in
greater numbers than ever before.
We, as students have planned a
day we hope you will enjoy.
HOMECOMING SCHEDULE
Time Event
2:00 Softball game
3:00-4:30 Class Reunions
3:30-5:00... Open House—Dorm.
6:30 Banquet
8:45-9:15... Open House—Dorm.
9:15 Basketball game
The banquet tickets are sixty-five
ceints. The program to be
presented at the banquet hour is
primarily a musical one.
Rev. J. G. Johnson, of Elim,
Minneapolis, is master of ceremon-ies,
Roger Youngquist 'will lead the
singing of choruses and LaVerne
Johnson will play a cornet solo.
Two numbers will be rendered by
the Bethel Male Quartette, Lau-rence
Nydegger, 'Francis McOlash,
Truman Halverson, and Harry Ab-rahamson.
Both the boys and girls from the
dormitories will offer skits. Elec-tion
for the Alumni Association will
be held.
The speaker this evening will be
Rev. Lloyd Dahlquist whose theme
will be taken from Ephesians 4:13.
Cheer on your Alumni squad at
nine-fifteen this evening . . . and
above all, enjoy yourself.
Meet For Frolic
At seven-thirty, Tuesday even-ing,
October 21, sophomores will
leave the Seminary building for the
Minnehaha Log Cabin where they
will have a weiner roast, "Shine"
Swanson, chairman of the transpor-tation
committee, announced this
week. Betty White is chairman of
the eats committee, and Bob Dis-chinger
heads the program com-mittee.
Only members of the soph-omore
class may attend.
It has been intimated that the
"grub" is of great protions and
variety and Bob promises an inter-esting
program will be in the offer-ing
after several fun-making
games have been played.
C. C. To Hold
Amateur Hour
Special Correspondent
A Day In the Air Corp
Reviews Day of Service
by Pvt. Victor Osterman
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
As the clouds were closing in on
him, Jack looked down the steep
delivity bf the beanstalk for one
last look at his mother. Yes,
there she was, close to the foot of
the tremendous ladder, waving her
handkerchief and smiling bravely.
He choked down a sigh of intense
satisfaction.
My mother is the best rooting
section in the world, Jack tho't to
himself...I . just .can't .disappoint
her!
Sudden moisture On his brow
caused him to start, and raising
his eyes he realized he was buck-ing
heavy cloud formations. Un-expected
air pockets made his
ascension doubly hard, and he
found that breathing became more
and more difficult.
The loneliness of the sky almost
broke his morale, but as he Was
about ready to give up and feel the
treacherous way down, he heard
in his soul a snatch of song his
mother often hummed...Jack puck-ered
his lips and whistled the
whole tune. Good old mother! . .
She was counting on him! She
was pulling for him. Mustn't let
her down.
His lops grew firm with resolve,
and his courage became much
strengthened by the knowledge the
song brought him, and once again
he fought on.
Soon he realized he had reached
the top of his climb. The clouds
had flattened out and he stepped
cautiously upon them. They were
solid and firm and with an ex-hausted
sigh Jack slumped to a
heap on the heaven's floor. He
wanted never to get up, his lungs
hurt so, and the inertia of over
strain bade him give up. He al-most
gave in but suddenly he
■ ■ ■
You Wouldn't Believe It:
That the library was meant to
study in . .
That Miss Larson ever grows a
day older .. .
That a new time-clock was pre-sented
by last year's graduating
class for the gym . . .
That the parasitical nature of a
Bethel students would show up at
examination time . . .
That Stamford Widen ever pays
any attention to the Burma Shave
ads and such stuff .. .
That Christmas is only 79 days
away . . .
That Glenn Anderson goes to
Hell (Negani) every Sunday to
preach . . .
But it's a fact!
heard a shouting which roused
him.
He straightened up, startled, and
then grinned sheepishly... No one
was around... The shouting had
been the inner voice of memory,
of mother cheering him on last
summer when he had raced Martin
Appleseed... He had won that race
. couldn't he win out over this
situation? With sudden return of
strength he chuckled, leapt to his
feet and bounded forward.
The castle was easily accessible,
and Jack carefully stepped in.
The giant's wife was a neat, com-fortable
woman, but the necessity
of hiding, and the giant's husky
roar of "blood" curdled the whey
in Jack's bones and only the moth-er's
song from within gave him
courage to finally win through.
When he safely eluded the giant,
Jack, with the Golden Goose tucked
under his arm, breathlessly des-cended
the beanstalk, and des..
troyed the ladder. Never could
he climb this stalk again! But
what matter—he had won because
of a song, a shout of encourage-ment.
This game was over, but
the victory had been won... Be-cause
he had been willing to act,
and because mother had backed
him steadfastly and true... His
faith in her loyalty and her trust
in his capability had been the equa-tion
for success.
* * * *
Jack might be any school and
his mother any loyal student body,
but if Jack were Bethel, would his
victories be because of any en-couragement
on the part of his
mother? You and you and you,
each and all of us behind Bethel
would enable our teams to conquer,
to overcome, and bring the "gol-den
goose" home.
THE EDITOR
Male Chorus Initiates
New members were officially
welcomed into the Male Chorus on
Monday, October 13 at an initiation
party arranged by the old members
of the group.
A trip was made, by car to
Golden Lake, the site chosen for
the occasion. It proved to be the
Seminary gymnasium, appropriate-ly
arranged for the affair with'corn
stalks and with an artificial fire
and moon.
With the cooperation of the en-tire
assemblage, the new fellows
were "put through their paces".
Entertained in this manner were
Elwood Anderson, Arden Finke,
Bernard Hammerbeck, Eugene
Johnson, Walter Julien, Ingmar
Larson, Lloyd Mattson, John Peter-son,
Gordon Thompson, Ted Van
der Veer, Paul Larson, and Haddon
Anderson.
A highlight of the evening was
the singing of "Sjung om Studen-tens"
by the Male Chorus, followed
by the singing of choruses and
serving of refreshments.
91 9#t the Book
Only one life
Twill soon be past,
Only what's done for Christ
Will last.
If fame and popularity had satis-fied,
in a few years the world
would have forgotten the laurels
won by Britain's great cricket
player C. T. Studd. But God calls
his henchmen from all activities
and walks of life and this young
athlete left his field of acclaim and
praise to become a pioneer and
missionary of the gospel. Thou-sands
are praising God today be-cause
of this missionary's unceas-ing
efforts in bringing the gospel to
those ignorant of the way of life.
During his life time he faithfully
and whole-heartedly labored on
three continents. First in China
and then in India and finally the
Holy Spirit led him to Africa.
He is portrayed as a man of real
faith in God. His every action im-pelled
by it. Often he was urged
not to go to some field by his
friends, but, because he believed
that God had called him, he went
in faith. There were times when
he or his wife had become sick,
and it seemed that the possibilities
of going on in their missionary
work had faded into the dim past.
But this merely called forth an
exercise of their faith in God, who
healed them and gave them
strength to continue.
The author Norman P. Grubb
has written the life story of C. T.
Stubb as a challenge to young peo-ple.
Copies of this biography,
C. T. Stubb, Criketer and Pioneer,
will be mailed upon request of
"Who's that?", is an expression
that was heard often during the
first few weeks of school, especialy
concerning one tall, good-looking
young man. Hails from Meridan,
Conn., has blond hair which re-minds
you of wheat blowing in the
wind, eyes reminiscent of the blue
above, the sensitive features of a
poet, and the gait of a typical col-lege
boy. He's a real Swede, too,
Illuminating the Alumni
Today is the climax of a long
week of reviving old friendships,
recalling former associations, and
reviewing experiences of by-gone
days. Many have been the old
grads and class-mates who have
once again frequented favorite
haunts and conversed with beloved
professors.
"Swede" Swenson came up from
Chicago to spend the week-end
here. LaVerne Berglund left the
Student Union at the University
for a day to revisit classrooms,
halls. and friends. Al and Har-riette
Blomquist, the most newly-wed
couple of the '41 Dem. class
crossed the campus on their way
to Campbell, Minn., where Al has
his pastorate.
Olga , Shenning, the first student
to be graduated receiving the Asso-ciate
of Religious Arts degree, now
employed in the office of the Rem-ington
Arms Co. in Meriden, Conn.,
has spent the past week in Saint
Paul visiting with her many friends.
Others that have brightened our
lives for just a few minutes or
hours, the case may be, have been
Winston Sherwick, Pearl Peterson,
and Ruth Elaine Lundquist, and
the effervescent John Valine. It's
good to see former Bethel students
return looking prosperous and
happy. We welcome you all to re-turn
and renew the memories that
you have of your school days.
college students. The address is
World Wide Reveval Prayer Meet-ing,
5 South Oxford Avenue, Atlan-tic
City, New Jersey.
having come to this country when
he was two years old. For the
past few years he has been a pri-vate
chauffeur and has an enviable
reputation for driving big cars. His
aim is just "further education",
and we think he's an all-round
grand fellow. His testimony rings
out true and clear for his Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ. The name?
Rune Mentzer.
Editorial Comment
Who's Who!
THE BETHEL CLARION
A bI-weekly campus newspaper.
BETHEL INSTITUTE
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Published by students every other Tuesday
except In July and August.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
Editor-in-Chief Alice Schouweiler
Managing Editor Ruth Nelson
Campus Editor Dave Moberg
Feature Editor Joyce E. Johnson
Sports Editor Glen Swanson
Assistant Sports Editor Roland Gustafson
Clubs Mary Jenkins
Reporters — Robert Christianson, Elbert Walker, Marilyn Peterson, Charlotte
Sandin, Marjorie Porter, Ethel Ruff, June Hedman, Betty White.
Gene Johnson, Art.
Business Manager Gunnar Hoglund
Editorial Advisor Enid Platts
Business Advisor Dean Emery Johnson
Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1936, at the postoffice of St. Paul,
Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Meditation
By Gordon Larson
"They that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength, they
shall mount up with wings as
eagles." Isaiah 40:31.
An incident is told of an eagle
who being raised in captivity
thought it could fly when being
loosed from a cage in a journey
home from Iceland. It jumped from
the gunwhale, thinking it could
soar into the air. Instead it fell
into the ocean.
God has given to us wings of
prayer and faith. How oft we
think we can fly when we do not
use them. A christian environment,
good and healthful as it may be,
will not add strength necessarily
and cause us to soar to high spirit-ual
realms. It is only as we first
dwell in the secret place of the
Most High will such heights be
reached.
Swinburne laments over the
fact that the spirit of Jesus came
like a blight over the joyous mind
of Greece and chased laughter and
music out of the world when he
writes:
"Thou hast conquered, 0 Pale
Galileen,
The world has grown grey with
Thy breath;
We have drunk of the things
Lethean
And fed on the fulness of death".
Thank God, to one who has
really come to know the Galileen,
this is not true. All the joys of
eternal bliss that Heaven can be-stow
here on earth are his when
he earnestly waits on the Lord for
a blessing.
Without a Song
The day would never be as bright,
Our heavy burdens never light,
And life would be a useless fight
Without a song.
The daily round of tasks to do,
The daily trails to go through,
Would be too much for me and you
Without a song.
Oh, life would not appeal to me,
And God would seem less real
to me;
He did not mean that we should be
Without a song.
He gave His own beloved Son,
The perfect, pure, and sinless One,
And in the heart of everyone
He put a song.
A song that conquered dark defeat,
A song our lips with joy repeat
No life would ever be complete
Without that song.
Mary Elizabeth Hamlin
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at
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Time: 7:15 on a balmy, Monday
evening in October.
PLACE: The "loafing lobby" in
the girl's dorm.
Action: Some fifteen bashful (?)
boys made an important social call
at our fair domicile. For some,
this was the first such event in
their experience since coming to
Bethel . . . . so, as "the girls they
left behind them" all but fell over
the banister in a frantic attempt
to see who went with whom, they
scibbled their names in the famed
guest book. Not the least among
these proud personages was a cer-tain
carrot-topped lad whose last
name rhymes with "sink".
Verstehen Sie?
General Regulation No. 11: "Stu-dents
are requested not to borrow
articles from one another without
the permission of the owner", of
course, the girls never disobey the
rules, but, just as talk gets around
so clothes seem to here at dorm.
Requests have been submitted by
a number of long-suffering "room-mutts"
that the borrowers at least
acknowledge in some, small way
the rightful ownership of the artic-les,
especially upon the receipt of
such flattering compliments as the
opposite sex is occasionally capable
of bestowing.
Was it just our imagination, or
did the boys display sad, regretful
countenances on the morning after
their first "womanless" meal? At
any rate, they will no doubt miss
us terribly! We wonder if Dana
has "let loose a little bit" yet,
now that girls are gone.
M. E. H.
Hallowe'en Fun On
Way For Children
Plans are well under way for
the Freshman Halloween party to
be held in the college chapel on
'Friday, October 31, at eight o'clock.
Committees have been appointed
by the cabinet, and have met to dis-cuss
plans for the forthcoming
event. The entertainment com-mittee,
Ingmar Larson, Ruth Nel-son,
Charlotte Sandin, Bernard
Travaille, and Ted Van der Veer, is
planning a program of fun, frolic,
and fellowship.
Decorations are being arranged
by a committee of three, Robert
nergerud, June Hedman, and En-gene
Johnson. Phyllis Kjarsgaard,
Jacquelyn Malmsten, and Bud
Peterson are making arrangements
for refreshments.
HAMLINE HARDWARE CO.
General Hardware
F. 0. Hagen J. W. Hagen
755 N. Snelling Ave.., St. Paul
TILDEN FOOD
MARKET
1520 Albany
"Who shall I take?" "No, she is
taken." "How about the blond?"
"No, brunettes are better" "And
anyway she goes steady" "Well,
who shall I take then?" "I've got
to take someone - that's the rule."
This was a keynote interview in
one of the bull sessions, consisting
of the members of the male chorus
just before the initation party.
We understand that Bernie Ham-merbeck
hates to be forced into
courtship. He stated at the male
chorus party, that he dated because
it was a requisite." Bernie has an
iron constitution but, it seems to
be rust-ich on him.
Ted Van der Veer was either
polishing the apple or trying the
theory that women like last minute
dates, but we are sorry Ted, that
Miss Johnson was engaged with
more important things. Try again
sometime.
Truman Halvarsen has a new
technique. He believes that it is
easier to soak up knowledge if you
study in the bathtub. He demon-strated
this theory before twelve
or fifteen fellows the other night.
Arian Chorus
At the meeting held October 9,
during the morning session prac-tice,
offecers were chosen by the
Arian Chorus for the year. Nancy
Zimmerman is president; Elaine
Anderstrom, vice-president; Lillian
Carlson, secretary; Marie Forsline,
treasurer; and Joyce Johnson,
director.
A social committee was chosen
to plan for parties. Janet Lyth,
Lola Grace Anderson, and Verna
Jorgenson were chosen to serve on
this committee.
Alice Wingblade, Alice Schouwei-ler,
and Lorraine Bersell comprise
a new addition to the cabinet, the
contact committee, whose duty it is
to make arrangements for concerts
and recitals.
Field Secretary
Mr. Malmsten, field representa-tive
for Bethel, is now on one of
his representative tours. He has
spent the last couple of weeks in
northern Minnesota and in some of
the western states including Colo-rado,
Wyoming, and Nebraska.
Last Sunday, October 19, he held
services at Forest City, Iowa. Be-ginning
this week he will be going
east through Michigan, Ohio, Penn-sylvania,
and New York. On these
representation tours, services are
held and offerings are taken for
the support of the school.
Try it sometime and see if it
works.
Roger Rendahl has a new way
of eyeing the freshman girls and
getting acquainted with them. He
suggests you carry a camera with
you. You can sneak up on them
and get a good look thru the finder.
Then to work up a conversation,
you tell them what a fine picture
you have taken. For a future date
he says he waits until things de-velop
and then showe them the
picture. Roger says it really
works; he tried it out at the first
meal served in the girl's dormi-tory
when he was the only fellow
present.
Many of the fellows at the
Boarding Club feel that they must
be in heaven. One said that he
had been reading Rev. 8:1 and that
there wasn't to be any wonan in
heaven. "For there was silence in
heaven for the space of one hour."
The Boarding Club has been so
extremely quiet since the girls left
that one sometimes wonders if
the fellows are sick, lonesome, or
just don't know what to say.
Personals
Will the person who borrowed
a white silk shirt (girl's Dorm)
please return it?
* * * *
In appreciation to Mr. Robert
Norstrom for the floral remem-brance.
—Girls at the Dorm.
* * *
Will you dorm girls please give
your cooperation and news to M.
E. H. for use in the Girls Dorm
column?
▪ * * *
Mae Mulbert would like her can
opener back. Thank you!
Band Elects Officers
The officers of the Mission Band
are Harry Abrahamson, president;
Willard Anderson, vice president;
Bernioe Peterson, secretary; and
treasurer, Warner Lundberg.
The first meeting was held on
Wednesday, October 15. Mr. Tan-yas
told of Baptist missionary
work in his homeland, Roumania.
There is a tremendous challenge
to all Christian workers to go work
there.
The four "Gospel Lights" com-pleted
the program with a cross
section of their trip made this last
summer. Besides a devotional
period, pictures were shown of
their work in Bible Schools and
churches in Canada.
Refreshments were served in the
Seminary dining room following
the meeting.
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On the 50 Yard Line
After two weeks of competition,
the intra-mural touch football
teams are still battling. In the
past two weeks there have been
a great many thrilling games, and
each team is fighting vigor-ously
to gain the top position.
At the present time, there are six
different teams battling against
each other with a total of fifty-four
players participating. In the Mon-day
and Wednesday gym, during
the fourth period, things still seem
to be a little lop-sided. At this
time Al Walker's team, the Tro-jans,
have a lead of six games to
nothing. Melvin Wyma, captain of
the Wolverine team ,is still hoping
and cheering his team on.
During the sixth period, also on
Monday and Wednesday, there is
another pair of freshman teams,
which are fighting back and
forth difiantly. There is no one-sideness
between these two teams,
because at the present time the
Gophers are trailing the Huskies
by a score of three games to four.
Bob Bergerud, captain of the Go-phers,
and Bernie Hammerbeck,
captain of the Huskies, are both
doing fine work as captains. They
both have really been putting spirit
and action into their team-mates
and the games have been very
exciting.
On Tuesday and Thursday during
the sixth hour, the sophomores are
still battling it out. The score
between the two teams is three to
two in favor of the Jackrabbits.
On September 30, these two held a
twelve to twelve deadlock, so on
October 2, they played, with two
games at stake. With a few se-conds
to go, Bob Norstrom caught
a sizzling pass on the twenty yard
line and ran for a touchdown that
gave the Badgers a eighteen to
twelve victory.
It has not yet been decided when
the touch football schedule will be
completed but it should be within
a few weeks. The champion team
of each division will then compete
to decide the all-school champions.
The result of the games so far and
the standings
teams are:
of the competing
Team . Won.. Lost %
Trojans 6 0 1.000
Jackrabbits 3 0 .600
Huskies 4 3 .572
Gophers 3 4 .529
Badgers 2 3 .400
Wolverines 0 6 .000
Coeds Holding Title
Ping-Pong Tournament
The girls who live on the campus
have drawn up a bracket for a ping-pong
tournament which started
yesterday.
Already there has been lots of
enthusiasm shown by both parti-cipants
and spectators. Room-mates
cheer each other on and
then conquer one another. There
is no way of anticipating the out
come at this early date, but it
looks as if there will be several
exciting contests before the finals
are reached.
It is hoped that later on a
doubles tournament can be organ-ized
pairing room-mates versus
room-mates.
Air Corp
(Continued from page 1)
There is a general scramble for
the job of being hanger pilot (one
who monkeys around with the con-trols
when the plane is grounded)
but the job doesn't last very long,
because the buzzer buzzes and
every one has to go back to the
class room.
At two P. M. school is over and
so back to the barracks. During
the day the Flight Sergeant has
thought of something for us to do,
anything from setting-up exercises
to executing drill maneuvers. We
then have a few hours in which to
do our homework, but - - - - - "Oh,
I'm too tired". And so to bed
again. There is quite a bit of
commotion until lights flash out at
nine P. M.
All the practical jokes are played
at that time,such as loosening bed
springs in the top bunk of the
double-deckers, to watch the fellow
fall thru to the bed below. Then,
too, there is the job of short sheet-ing
your bunkmate. When a sol-dier
gets into bed he really gets
in and at the speed he
moves his feet usually go all the
way thru the sheet. He then bails
out of his bunk to discover the
trouble and behold! There is
nothing to do but sign a statement
of charges and pay for the G. I.
(government issue) sheet next
payday.
By 9:30 silences reigns but 4:00
A. M. soon comes again with re-marks
such as "Why didn't I get to
bed earlier?"
Women's Practice
Called Thursday
The girl's gym classes are hav-ing
a volley ball tournament. There
are .eight different teams of girls
and because all of them seem to
be matched so equally many close
and exciting games have been
played.
In the Thursday morning class,
Lily Olson's Wildcats lead Betty
White's Tigers by eleven to ten
games apiece. Many such close
contests are being waged in the
other classes too, by all reports.
The winning team in each sec-tion
will be allowed to partictpate
in the tournament to decide the all-school
girls' volley ball champions.
Ribbons are given to each mem-ber
of the championship team at
the close of the year.
Don't forget that basketball prac-tice
is to be held on Thursday,
October 23. We want to encourage
all girls who are interested to come
to this initial meeting. We an-ticipate
a heavy schedule this sea-son
and we want to organize our
teams as soon as possible.
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The initial event on their calen-dar
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sponsored a few highly enjoyable
affairs but last year none took
place.
Committees have been formed to
take charge of arrangements and
a good time should be had by all.
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